anabolism — 1. The building up in the body of complex chemical compounds from smaller simpler compounds ( e.g., proteins from amino acid s), usually with the use of energy. Cf.:catabolism, metabolism. 2. The sum of synthetic metabolic reactions. [G. anabole … Medical dictionary

anabolite — Any substance formed as a result of anabolic processes. * * * anab·o·lite .līt also anab·o·lin lən n a product of an anabolic process * * * anab·o·lite (ə nabґə līt″) any product of anabolism or of a constructive metabolic… … Medical dictionary